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EXPLORATION

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2020
Trump leaves a mess behind at NASA
President-elect Joe Biden needs to focus on what has made the U.S. space program distinctive in recent years: the power of private competition.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Dec 10, 2020
Can Japan keep up in the 21st-century space race?
With surprisingly few international treaties governing space activities, Japan has an opportunity to step up and take a leadership role.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2020
NASA should beware of viruses from outer space
As the space agency prepares to bring home Martian soil samples, it needs to update its planetary-protection rules — and soon.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 28, 2020
Japan's rise as a space power
Nation emerges as a key leader in the peaceful exploration of the cosmos.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2019
The U.S. should go back to the moon
There could be clues to the early days of our solar system, and it could be a proving ground for technologies to send astronauts farther into space.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Dec 24, 2018
2018 in science in Japan: Climate change, space exploration and water bears
In casting an eye back over memorable science and environment stories from Japan in 2018, it is impossible to ignore the extreme weather that hit the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2017
Japanese space startup raises ¥10.2 billion toward 2020 moonshot effort
Japanese companies are planning to kick-start the lunar economy by backing a local startup's mission to land on the moon by 2020.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2017
Scientists discover the heavens are really hell
There isn't likely to be any planet in the universe that's habitable in the sense that you can just show up, breathe the air and drink the water.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2017
SpaceX's moon mission is NASA's wake-up call
The lunar vacation offered by Elon Musk's SpaceX may also serve as the starting gun for a new and very different space race.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 11, 2017
NRG, JX Nippon open $1 billion clean coal power project in Texas
U.S. power generator NRG Energy Inc. and Japanese energy producer JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. have finished the world's largest system to capture carbon dioxide produced from burning coal at a power plant.
EDITORIALS
Dec 22, 2015
Akatsuki's Venus mission
Launched in 2010, the Akutsuki space probe is now set to shed light on Venus' mysteries.
EDITORIALS
Dec 25, 2014
Japan's space goals
Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2, launched by Japan Space Exploration Agency on Dec. 5, is flying without a hitch so far. Regardless of whether this mission is successful, Japan needs to continue advancing its space exploration capabilities.
49ers prepared to go all in on quarterback Brock Purdy
Brock Purdy threw for 3,864 yards and 20 touchdowns for the 49ers during the 2024 season.
Impeached South Korean president's party sees signs of revival
A supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol holds South Korean and U.S. flags in front of flower wreaths bearing messages of support near his residence in Seoul on Thursday.
TV networks drop Japan boy band star over sex allegations
Masahiro Nakai in Tokyo in October 2017
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
Police rearrest suspect in McDonald's attack on murder charge
Masanori Hirabaru, 43, is escorted out of a police station in Kitakyushu on Dec. 20 to be brought to prosecutors in relation to a double stabbing at a McDonald's outlet in Fukuoka Prefecture. He was rearrested Thursday on a charge of murder.
‘Unbound’ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
NHK’s latest taiga period drama, “Unbound,” centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.
Emanuel leaves reform legacy amid historic shifts in U.S.-Japan alliance
Rahm Emanuel professes that the biggest thing he has brought to the U.S.-Japan relationship might be a fresh injection of vitality.
Real wages fall for a fourth month, squeezing Japanese households further
Prices continue to outpace wage increases in Japan.
Hair removal for kids — boosting confidence or preying on insecurities?
Beauty salon Dione, which has over 100 branches nationwide, offers hair removal treatments for children as young as 3 years old. It uses hair removal equipment that emits a special light heated to around 38 degrees Celsius, unlike conventional equipment that involves temperatures of 60 to 80 C.
Sumo’s brotherhood gets latest inductee
Chugo Saito at Isenoumi stable on Friday. Saito has joined his older brother, Seigo, at the stable.

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